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Old 01-04-2005, 02:19 AM   #1
jonij
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Post selecting text without the mouse


Hello ,
i wanted to know how to select text in text-mode without using the mouse to make copy paste to it later.

thanks.
 
Old 01-04-2005, 03:55 AM   #2
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i'm not entirely sure, but i think u need to add copy/paste and mouse support then u should be able to use the shift+arrow keys to select text. the keys to copy and paste are different from the std ctrl+c/x/v. the only one i know is ctrl+insert which pastes.
 
Old 01-05-2005, 07:06 AM   #3
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select text without a mouse

so you can't select text without the rpm of the mouse?
or you can?
 
  


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